The Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Magnetoresistant Nd1-xSrxMnAsO Oxyarsenides
arXiv:1501.02996 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.224413
Abstract
The oxypnictides Nd1-xSrxMnAsO have been successfully synthesised with x up to 0.1. A synchrotron X-ray diffraction study demonstrates that there is no change in crystal symmetry upon doping with Sr. An expansion of the inter-layer distance between Nd-O-Nd and As-Mn-As blocks is observed with increasing x. Results from variable temperature neutron diffraction and resistivity measurements show that the local moment antiferromagnetic order of the Mn spins is preserved as the [MnAs]- layers are hole doped and the materials are driven metallic for x > 0.05. A sizeable positive magnetoresistance is observed at low temperature which demonstrates that multiple MR mechanisms are possible in LnMnAsO oxypnictides.
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